LETTER: GOP hurt by abortion issue

Many are now predicting that the Republicans will never be able to put a man in the White House again.

As Rush Limbaugh said, when the choice of voting to go back to work or for Santa Claus, Santa Claus wins ever time. Of course, when the country goes bankrupt, and Santa Claus was found to be nothing more that empty promises, things may be different.

One thing the Republicans must abandon is their stand on abortion. It is a party that advocates less government in our lives, yet wants the control of this issue. This alienates the women who feel, rightly so, that they should have the right to determine what happens to their body, not Uncle Sam.

Aside from that, no law is going to stop abortion. It didn't before (yes, it was against the law in many places before), and it won't in the future. It would just put the quacks and coathangers back in service for the poor, and those who can afford it will just travel elsewhere to have the procedure done.

Look at all the problems it caused the Republicans in this election. They just stand there shooting themselves in the foot over and over again.

One other reason the Republicans lost: Barack Obama is probably the most vulnerable person subject to attack who ever ran for public office. He has absolutely no qualifications to manage anything, must less the world's most powerful country.

On top of that, his background is as shady as it can be, yet Mitt Romney handled him with kid gloves. No wonder he lost.